Uniaxial crushing of constrained tubes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 353-364

  Singace, A A ^a   El Sobky, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Energy absorption; Mode of collapse; Radial constraints; Tubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747924929     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406011520760     Document Type: Article

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